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| | | Dr Raj Persaud explores the limits and potential of the mind, revealing the latest research and bringing together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health.
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|  | | | | "All in the Mind provides a unique chance to meet the people at the cutting edge of research and developments on all aspects of the mind and brain from around the world. Please join me as we attempt to illuminate the most complex and least understood mechanism we have so far found in the Universe - the mind."
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Sleep Clinic
Dr Raj Persaud visits one of the country's leading sleep clinics at St Thomas' Hospital, London and finds out about the latest developments in Narcolepsy and Insomnia Research.
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Narcolepsy
Research on Neuroproteins - Hypocretin
Insomnia Research
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and New Drug Treatments
For further information, please contact:
Dr Irshaad Ebrahim
Sleep Disorders Centre
St Thomas' Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EH
Email for St Thomas' Hospital Sleep Disorders Centre: [email protected]
Eysenck's Personality Test
Can numbers really tell us anything about people? Claudia Hammond is the guinea pig, filling in the controversial questionnaire developed by Hans Eysenck.
Contributors:
Jo Silvester, Professor of Occupational Psychology at Goldsmiths University of London
Mark McDermott, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, University of East London.
Social Psychiatry and Transcultural Psychiatry
Interview with Julian Leff, Professor of Social Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry.
This November sees the launch of the first MSc in Transcultural Mental Healthcare at Queen Mary, University of London, which addresses the mental healthcare of black and ethnic minorities by strengthening the skills and knowledge of professionals working with multi-cultural populations. Raj Persaud talks to Dr Kamaldeep Bhui, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, who is also the course director. Dr Bhui also talks about his new book Racism and Mental Health.
To obtain a brochure and register your interest, please contact:
Mrs Medhurst
MSc Administrator
Institute of Community Health Sciences
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
Tel: 020 7882 7555
Fax: 020 7882 7551
Email:[email protected]
Books details:
The Unbalanced Mind
by Julian Leff
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 0297646400
Racism and Mental Health
by Dr Kamaldeep Bhui (Editor)
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 1843100762
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RELATED LINKS
British Sleep Foundation - promotes awareness and understanding of sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness through education and research.
Hans Eysenck's Theory of Personality
Think Quest's Eysenck Guide to Personality
UEL: Mark McDermott
Kings College London: Social Psychiatry
Queen Mary, University of London
Kamaldeep Bhui
Mind
Mental Health Foundation
Rethink
Department of Health
BBC Health
BBC Health: Mental Health
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